How To Prevent Raptors From Destroying SuperHeavy | Part 1

While the 2nd Integrated Test Flight of Starship ultimately ended in the loss of both vehicles, it was undoubtably a massive improvement from SpaceX's first attempt.

This episode is a deep dive analysis of critical upgrades to Starship Superheavy.

There is a very large focus placed on Booster 7 in this episode. There were a lot of lessons learned from IFT-1 and its important to understand why each of the changes to Booster 9 were necessary.

TheRingWatcher: Ship 25 & Booster 9 Upgrades Explained
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Timestamps

0:00 Intro: Tale of 2 Boosters
1:45 Booster Bidet Performance
3:15 Post IFT-1 Challenges
5:20 Raptor 2 Electric TVC Upgrades
9:11 Mitigating Raptor Explosion Risks
12:08 Center Engine Blast Containment
14:32 Original Boost Engine Blast Containment
16:47 B7 Testing Explosion - Insufficient Blast Shielding
19:25 B7 Robustness Upgrades Finally Explained
20:41 IFT-1 Engine RUD Isolation Failure
22:50 B9 Upgraded Engine Isolation Explained
26:20 Fire Suppression & Why Its Needed
27:55 B7 Fire Suppression System Explained
31:15 Why CO2 Instead of Nitrogen?
31:45 IFT-1 Fire Suppression Failure
33:20 B9's 15X Fire Suppression Upgrade
39:55 Raptor Engine Startup Failures
40:45 IFT-2 B9 Performance Analysis
45:35 FTS System Upgrade
49:05 Hot Staging???
49:40 Outro & End Credits

Music Credits

0:01 @spaceflightmemories - Saving Starship (Orchestral)
1:24 "Do You Remember" prod. by kochetkovv https://youtu.be/XXkND6MTJC8
5:13 @spaceflightmemories - Electronic TVC
7:18 https://youtu.be/gnke14Yp-os?si=kRLL0IQlN3xWkzZm
12:24 https://youtu.be/Wr9kwih7its?si=WNC-OHr5TQwPRRGr
15:00 https://youtu.be/gutOF86rhgI?si=qBTd7UGOdyMWFL5Y
17:06 https://youtu.be/TMIg0Q5FIQQ?si=oXbWyE2NIkTOnbKm
20:44 https://youtu.be/ryYHTr-g5Lk?si=8oD6venG15p0IMZl
23:00 https://youtu.be/tfAzN_8JnRs?si=xZwbKb7bhuqZ_T0W
27:52 https://youtu.be/gpC1MN1CFSk?si=D9-xWrjH_OArijr3
31:46 https://youtu.be/knZMckAz3lE?si=lqB5kzCVfDc7hvIB
33:12 https://youtu.be/V-_44B2Ltyc?si=ZXJ8JfpSGwpzTTDm
35:49 https://youtu.be/Uz_Zn8n4u7s?si=x_X43-RsN0CvuKoj
40:56 @spaceflightmemories - Saving Starship
43:19 @spaceflightmemories - Floating
44:39 @spaceflightmemories - Last Sunset
45:58 https://youtu.be/w-bLNAqQKVM?si=Iacvhqea2OB2N-l9
49:41 Beat from https://www.beatopia.com/ The Last Song Produced by Ghost
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